Shoe-polishing compound.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD A.- GOOK, OF GIATTO. WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO TIMOTHY W. PATTON, OF BLUEFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA.

SHOE-POLISHING COMPOUND.

in. 820,892. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented. m 1 5,1906. i s; v-tion on can" 14, 1905. Serial Ho. 222.9491

T all m it y i leather and renders the same soft and ii- Be it known that I, EDWARD A. 0001: a able,while the caster-oil preserves thes ace 3 5 citizen of the United States, resid' at Giof the leather and holds the oil in the ores of atto, in the county of Mercer and tate of the same. The lemon extract (gives t e shoe West Vir 'nia, have invented a new and usethe desired shine or goiish, an the charcoal ful Shoe olishing Compound, of which the colors the liquid an assists in keeping the following is a specification. surface of the leather glossy. 0 This invention relates to a com ound for The above compound or dressin applied olishing boots, shoes, harness, and eather of inthe manner stated will preserve t e leather all kinds, and has for its object to provide and efiectually prevent the enamel from a compound of this character particularly cracking or eeling and at the same time renadapted as a dressing and dpreservative for der the lost er moisture-proof and give the 5 mixed or stirred until the parts are well hie u in bottles of convenient sizes for future atent and enamel shoes an which when a same a smooth filossy ap earance.

plied to the shoes will render the leather so Havin thus escribe the invention, what pliable, and im ervious to moisture and give is claims isthe same a bril ant and lasting polish. 1. The herein-described compound for pol- With these and other objects in view the ishing and preserving boots and shoes the invention consists in acompound or dressing same consisting of caster-oil, sperm-oil, ex-

formed of the following ingredients in the tract of lemon and powdered charcoal, comproportions stated: caster-oil, seven pints; hined in the manner specified.

sperm oil, one int; lemon extract, two 2. The herein-described compound for polounces, and pow ered charcoal, six ounces. ishing and preserving boots and shoes, the In prep the compound the caster-oil same consisting of caster-oil seven pints,

and sperm-0' are poured into a suitable resperm-oil one pint, extract of lemon two ceptacle, together with the extract of lemon, ounces, and powdered charcoal six ounces.

after which the finely-powdered charcoal is In testimony that I claim the foregoing as added and the severe ingredients thorough? my own I have hereto affixed my signature in n the presence of two witnesses.

ed. The compound thus formed may be put EDWARD COOK use and may he applied to the shoes with a Witn:

brush, s onge, or m an other suitable man- R. N. VnmrmuoN, ner. e sperm oil the pores of the Emma Bans-r. 

